Shoutbox

I have a suggestion also.

What if you could make it so it added a button to the titlebar of the conversation window that allows you to send the contact to the desktop. I have seen this on programs that have a button to minimize to the tray for example.


Here is what I mean...

without agreeing/dissagreeing, some remarks:

1) Not everybody has the window around the conversation so that those buttons are visible

2) You could add lots of functions in the titlebar in that case (where to draw the line?)

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
1) Not everybody has the window around the conversation so that those buttons are visible

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Do you like it?



As you can see, I'm not a great graphics designer.

Checking if the window border is shown, hooking and adding all those icons (including their functions) to the convo window like that and that all just for 1 function, while it simply can be in a menu? IMHO, I doubt it will be added....

when you say "send to desktop" do you mean to have them as a floating contact? i dont get it

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
while it simply can be in a menu?

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I think that having accessible options is the best way to make users use them. It's clearer and easier for new users and faster for advanced users.

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Originally posted by Tarry

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
while it simply can be in a menu?

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I think that having accessible options is the best way to make users use them. It's clearer and easier for new users and faster for advanced users.

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like I said previously in another thread about something similar: You normaly wouldn't constantly move and remove contacts from your desktop I think. Once the important ones are there so to speak, you wont use it anymore, they stay there.....

Also, if you gonna ad this to the titlebar, then you can also add other features (usefull for advanced users and more accessable to new people) to the titlebar, and where do you draw the line?

Also, if I'm not mistaken and like said before, this would be lots of programming just to implement 1 small thing on the titlebar while it can easly be implemented in one of the three Plus! menu's that already exist in a conversation.... Too much choice isn't good also! This will confuse people also.

Also, if something like that is added to the titlebar, then ok, maybe it is going to be used more, but the people will also forget that there are menu's with lots of other stuff. And I see this happening day in day out already on the forums and on IRC, where people simply don't seem to know that there are menu's to be used where lots of options can be set and things to done...

Also, if it is added, then either Plus! puts in the titlebar. This means many people will not see  it anyway, cause they haven't the border visible. Or either it is added like you showed in that screenshot, but then you will get people who are want it gone, cause it beeps up their layout and skins... etc... etc....

in short: no, to much fuzz and handling and stuff for just 1 thing....


just my 2 cents

(ps: if it is added, then I don't care though, I wouldn't use it, but I will find it waste of time and effort)


EDIT: gosh... I've reread this after a couple of hours.... sorry if it sounded too harsh

amén..

It would be handy to have a button like that in your convo window, not necessarily in the title-bar but maybe in the little Plus! menu above the "Send" button...

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Originally posted by timmie_loots
It would be handy to have a button like that in your convo window, not necessarily in the title-bar but maybe in the little Plus! menu above the "Send" button...

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My point exactly